Financial Disclosure

Attorney General Ashley Moody's office is urging state and federal judges to toss out challenges to the constitutionality of a 2023 law that requires mayors and other municipal elected officials to disclose detailed information about their personal finances.

Amid state and federal court challenges, Florida lawmakers have rejected an attempt to change a 2023 law that requires local officials to disclose detailed information about their personal finances.

Municipalities and dozens of local elected officials from across Florida filed state and federal lawsuits challenging a new law that requires the officials to disclose detailed info about their personal finances.

Those who have quit because of the law say it’s onerous, invasive and an example of government overreach from the state. Some government accountability experts say it promotes transparency.

The state Commission on Ethics cites “probable cause” that Fried did not properly report income in 2017 and 2018.

Florida's Democratic lawmakers are proving to be much worse than their Republican colleagues in complying with a state law that requires they disclose…